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Fractionation - let's have a look
Most of us would agree that fractionation is one of the most powerful techniques for deepening trance. The traditional explanation for fractionation is that it is a way of rapidly conditioning a person to trance; that is, instead of having a number of separate inductions into trance (whereby a subject/client learns trance), the conditioning is compressed into moments.
What interests me, is that I don't think that the traditional way of understanding fractionation is the full explanation. It seems to me that having say, a week between sessions is very different from getting somebody to open their eyes, become more aware, close them, and go deeper into hypnosis.
What's actually happening here? The most general way to describe this - it seems to me - is that the client is going from a state of awareness to non awareness, or, from disassociation to association (with the body).
If this is the case, perhaps there is room to refine fractionation, perhaps by adding suggestions that reinforce body awareness... Gurdjief (a Russian mystic) had a technique called Sense/Look/Listen, which was very interesting in this regard. I'll expand on it if I get some replies!
What interests me, is that I don't think that the traditional way of understanding fractionation is the full explanation. It seems to me that having say, a week between sessions is very different from getting somebody to open their eyes, become more aware, close them, and go deeper into hypnosis.
What's actually happening here? The most general way to describe this - it seems to me - is that the client is going from a state of awareness to non awareness, or, from disassociation to association (with the body).
If this is the case, perhaps there is room to refine fractionation, perhaps by adding suggestions that reinforce body awareness... Gurdjief (a Russian mystic) had a technique called Sense/Look/Listen, which was very interesting in this regard. I'll expand on it if I get some replies!
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Permalink Reply by Fable Goodman on -
Ok... you got me, I am interested in your thoughts on this, and Gurdjiefs techniches, in general.
cheers.
Fable
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Permalink Reply by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on -
Ok Bruce, i wern't sitting at the Tokyo airport rihgt now trying to stay awake, I would be on this like now... But since im jetlagged and tired, I hope by the next time I log on you will have some more info. Quite interesting....
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Jacquin on -
Great topic. I'd love to hear more about your thoughts on fractionation specifically with regard to reinforcing body awareness. I imagine it only takes an extra suggestion or two. Look forward to hearing more.
One of my personal inductions called a 'Jacquin Power Lift' combines fractionation with rehearsal and a pattern interrupt and some plain old direct command into hypnosis. It works great.
Anthony Jacquin
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Permalink Reply by bruce on -
I want to make this clear: I don't have this all thought out, that's why I'm posting. I believe in the group mind!
Aright. The Gurdjief thing. You should try this technique, because I find the results unexpectedly powerful. It's especially good if you need to wake up and become more alert.
First, sit quietly and focus your mind on your body. Feel different parts of your body, your toes, you heart beating, any sensations. Do this for maybe 15 seconds to half a minute.
Then, shift to your audio awareness. Actively listen to what's around you... what sounds can you hear? At the same time, try as hard as you can, to maintain your body awareness.
Next, while maintaining body and auditory awareness, open your eyes and actively look around... see what's around you. But wait! Maintain your active body and auditory awareness too!
This is hard to do, what I find is that I rapidly jump from one awareness to the other. The result however, is that you seem to wake right up. I am considering incorporating this into fractionation.
Let me know the results. Let's play with fractionation.
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Permalink Reply by bruce on
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I think your 'Power Lift' sounds really interesting... I'd like to hear more, as long as you don't feel like you're giving any trade secrets away :)
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Permalink Reply by Fable Goodman on
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I used to practice Gurdjieff's 'Self remembering' every day for a year or two, (some years back now). And have used the techniques within hypnosis, both with clients, and mself.
Can't remember having used them along with fractionation, but It sounds like a usefull thing to explore. Thanks for starting this thread, bruce, and welcome to Hypnothoughts.
Fable
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Permalink Reply by Alan117 on -
interesting topic.
still trying to figure this one out... but here's what I think
the subject is induced into a depth of hypnosis. he is then given suggestions so he will be able to more easily secure it. subject is then emerged from hypnosis and then reinduced.
subsequent inductions gives him the potential to go even deeper. Reinduction to same depth or deeper conditions subject to more easily secure level of trance. reinductions cause impressions within subject which are kinda like a PHS for reinduction compounded/reinforced.
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Permalink Reply by Susan French on -
Hi,
Great topic!
Please expand! I'd love to hear about yours and others ways of doing fractionation. I know it overloads but sometimes it seems a little jarring.
Susan
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Permalink Reply by bruce on
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Hi Alan,
Yes, I agree with you to some extent, I just think there's more to it. When I do fractionation (and I haven't tried my modified Gurdjief fractionation yet), I find that it's a very energetic process; the client,s state changes - and certainly they don't come out of hypnosis all-together. So, what I'm saying is that reinduction, with a post-hypnotic suggestion for further depth, may not be the most useful way of describing fractionation... Sometimes I think that fractionation is almost a confusional method; it's a sort of see-sawing that is disorienting, and this is what causes the deepening.
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Permalink Reply by James Hazlerig on -
I was just thinking what you wrote before I read it. I agree that fractionation contains an element of confusion to it. The mind can't figure out what state it's in, so it retreats into a deep trance.
I like to perform arm catalepsy, bring the client up while leaving the arm stiff, and then suggest that when I tap the hand, the arm will go limp and the client will sink even more deeply into trance. Following that with more conventional fractionation works well.
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Permalink Reply by light sleeper on
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Footnotes, fractionation, body awareness and other fascinating stuff ... I have also found that when I apply any touch anchors immediately after fractionation they seem to "stick better" than when applied at other times during the trance.
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Permalink Reply by David on -
I had a theory that fractionation was so effective for one reason. Most people are unaware of what trance "is". They spend their time looking for it. When you take them into trance and then pull them out of trance it gives them a point of reference. If I tell you to go a gorbleck away from me, how far will you go? But if you start walking, and after 20 steps I say, ok, that is 1 gorbleck. You now have a point of reference to where 1 gorbleck is. Now, you will have an idea when you are 2, 4, 10 gorblecks from me.
I use polarization sometimes to bypass fractionation. I first before I start anything ask if they have been in a trance (of course) and when they tell me no, I tell them basically that it is important to not try and figure out how deep they are going, or even if they are in a trance.
I feel this is important as if a person is sitting there consciously trying to recognize trance... well... they are using their conscious mind... they are being conscious... I am sure you can all understand the problem here. Plus, even if a trance was beginning to develop they could miss the signs of trance and maintain their conscious state because of this. I ask them to just take in a notice what happens, to let me worry about doing the dirty work and their only just is to listen and notice.
Once I have them noticeably deep I ask them, "Do you notice how much deeper you are NOW than when you first got here?" after confirmation I reply "And I wonder just how much deeper you can go, especially since we've only just begun. What happens when you imagine how relaxing it would be if you were to go twice as deep?" Some hypnotists will say "10,000 times" ect. In my personal experience I have noticed that to be less effective... as well... it is easier to figure out twice as deep and not necessary to go 10,000 or a million. But, to those successful with it, more power to them. If you notice the linguistics of the first statement create fractionation. And it is much faster than actually pulling them all the way out, and going back in. (even, if just a minute or two faster.)
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